Corbett is expected to sign it once he receives the enabling bills that finance the spending plan.

The governor is expected to sign the budget today — before the midnight deadline when the state loses authority to pay certain vendors and services.

The 2012-13 fiscal year begins Sunday.

The spending plan would offer level funding for public schools and colleges, which had faced steep cuts in Corbett’s original budget proposal. Some financially struggling districts, including Harrisburg, would get more money. Some social service programs face cuts, a sore point with Democrats.

There are no tax increases in the budget, and there are no new taxes.

On Friday night, legislative leaders and administration officials were trying to hammer out the final details and votes for charter school reforms in a broader education bill.

The major stumbling block is a Senate-backed provision through which a majority of parents could petition to convert a public school to a charter school, sources said.

Lawmakers have to reach agreement on that while not shaking off support from Democrats that may be critical to passing the larger bill.

“We’re doing an incredibly large bucket of education reform, and I think it’s perfectly understandable there’s disagreement on some of the pieces,” said Drew Crompton, chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson County.

“It’s always difficult to make those little few brush strokes, but I think we’re in excellent position,” Crompton said.

The budget would cut funding for county-provided human services by $84 million.

Starting Aug. 1, it eliminates the Department of Public Welfare’s cash assistance program that gives 61,000 people a stipend of about $200 a month. This saves the state about $149 million.

It restores funding to nursing homes and hospitals to current levels. It provides funding to whittle down the state’s waiting list for services for intellectually disabled individuals.

It lowers business taxes by $288 million. It provides funding for 100 state police cadets. It might provide for more, depending on the fate of a bill that would redirect traffic fines from larger municipalities that do not have their own police force and rely on the state police for coverage.

“This is the right budget for our residents and our job creators at this time,” said Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware. “It moves Pennsylvania in the right direction.”

Senate Democrats provided all of the opposition to the plan. They argued that with tax revenues coming in much closer to state projections than initially expected, schools and people relying on social services deserve more aid.

The Corbett administration and Republican lawmakers — who control the House and Senate — are missing opportunities to help more people, Democrats said.

With health care, pension and other costs are going up, schools still face staff and program cuts even with level funding, said Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-Chester County.

Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, said shutting down the state’s general assistance program marks the first time in Pennsylvania history that “we have deserted” such a vulnerable population.

Republicans have countered that the cash assistance program cannot be afforded any more.

They said almost all of the recipients are adults without children who will still have access to programs like food stamps and medical assistance.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Jake Corman, R-Centre County, said, “It’s a budget that’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.

“It’d be perfect if we were at about 2 percent unemployment and we had lots of revenues to do further tax cuts and further expenditures to help areas of interest to the members,” Corman said. “But it does reflect the revenue we have.”

But Democrats said the Republicans have forced false choices in the budget because of their failure to enact higher taxes on natural gas drillers and their desire to continue business tax cuts.

“This is another example of the little guy taking another body shot,” said Sen. Mike Stack, D-Philadelphia. “We had an opportunity to do so much better for the people of Pennsylvania... and we let it go by the wayside.”

Why they voted for it:

Local lawmakers explain their support for the budget. Edited excerpts below:

— Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin County: “I like the fact that we were able to do significant restorations in education, in higher ed. Also the human services restorations, I think make it much more palatable.”

“I also like the fact it only spends that amount of money we can anticipate coming in during the year with no tax increase.”

— Sen. Pat Vance, R-Cumberland County: She liked that it didn’t require a tax increase. She was happy to see that it restores some funding for nursing homes and hospitals. She also liked aid to provide services to more than 1,100 intellectually disabled individuals.

— Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon County: “We continue to phase out the capital stock and franchise tax which will help our small business people in this state. We’re keeping spending under control. We replaced some spending where we could. We’re spending the money that we had, and we lived within our means just like any household has to do.”

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